Nature gets digitized in these vibrant animations that feature audio recordings from the rainforest.

The jungle wasn't untouched rainforest after all.

"She was an amazing animal," says one of the rescued otter's keepers. "She taught a lot of people about conservation."

A federal study of sea otters in Prince William Sound, Alaska, where the Exxon Valdez supertanker spilled around 30,000,000 gallons of oil about 25 years ago has concluded that the otters have returned to pre-spill numbers.

Study indicates the effects of low levels of oil contamination are worse than anticipated

An economics professor suggested we replace libraries with Amazon bookstores "to save taxpayers money" and the Internet went wild, with good reason.

It's good for so much more than treating sunburns.

A visit to the French capital offers great lessons in how to make less waste.

Kathryn Kellogg explains why delaying gratification is beneficial all around.

Some areas have more resources than others, so do your best to work with what you have.

"We don't want animals in captivity or enclosed in any way," says Costa Rica's Environmental Minister.

Looking more like the delicate work of a fiber artist, this wow-worthy insect has clearly mastered the art of blending in.

This is a silly post, about a silly bit of news, but is a reminder that we really should think about what we eat.

Taking pieces of "dead" nature, this artist transmutes them into delightful, living works of glass and gold leaf.

Take a breathtaking 9-minute journey with wildlife photographer Vincent Munier through the beautifully bleak frozen North, you won’t be sorry.

Located in the heart of Florence, Italy, this small apartment features a minimalist stair, sleeping loft, and a view out onto the city's Renaissance treasures.

How do you make good design accessible to people with small spaces and small budgets?

TreeHugger writers have a lot of experience with this.

Martín Azúa's latest rug design is made from esparto soles from the traditional spanish espadrilles. It will be used in Camper's shoe stores.

Dead zones threaten wildlife and fisheries, taint drinking water, and impact communities. Keeping agricultural runoff out of waterways can help tackle this global problem.

They say it has minerals and probiotics, but what else could be swimming around in it?

It's uncomfortable to face the source of the pollution.

Was it the Uber car, the safety driver, the victim, or the traffic engineers who designed that road?

'This situation of captivity is degrading for the animals,' says the Argentine capital's mayor.

Is the oil industry starting to be worried about electric vehicles?

Ethics and environmental consciousness drove this project by DIALOG at the University of Calgary.

If your cold-weather wardrobe needs replenishing, we’ve got a few sustainable suggestions.

The Buchstabenmuseum is an NGO dedicated to preserving, restoring and exhibiting old signs from Berlin and around the world. Its owners save obsolete letters from the dump and instead tell their stories. It is a museum like no other!

No wonder the video went viral -- it looks like magic. But Ultra Ever Dry appears to be the real thing.

Researchers find an intriguing link between foods + drinks rich in flavonol and staving off dementia.

Coronavirus has led to a shortage of hand sanitizers, but worry not: The CDC generally recommends hand-washing over hand sanitizers.

Why a water crisis in Atlanta now? The cause is not climate alone, as Lloyd's post of today points out. Runaway growth - Georgia is the fastest growing US state east of the Rocky Mountains - and a seeming refusal to plan for the future seem to have

In York, Alabama they now have public space where before they had a collapsing house.

A seasoned dumpster diver who lived without cash for a year, Mark Boyle—aka the Moneyless Man—knows more than most about getting by without money. Having explored how to travel without cash, he's

Adopting a waste-conscious and anti-consumerist lifestyle is not something that happens overnight. Sometimes it's nice to hear about other people who are just starting out, like this young family from southwestern Ontario, Canada.

A condo in Manhattan and a mixed use 12 story building in Portland get a boost.

Building "combines affordable housing with wood construction and the promotion of new technologies."

There was a big pile of beautiful lumber to choose from too.

And why not? It sounds like fun, just hanging around, eating grass

They deserve an award for putting on such a terrific award program.

Perhaps now our body clocks will get the attention they deserve.

But is it "the last flourish of a high-resource approach to design and construction"?

Big bucks go to the teams that come up with an air conditioner that's five times as good.

The most prestigious prize in British architecture is given to the solidly green project rather than the flash in the pan.

Solar power has grown up, and it's ready to blow up.

Unless the desperately needed rain arrive, São Paulo residents are being warned to "prepare for a collapse like they've never seen before."

This coastal region, which specializes in sun, surf, and seafood, is well worth visiting if you're ever near Rio de Janeiro.

Despite Natura's seemingly excellent and forward-thinking business model, their list of ingredients is surprisingly awful and toxic, which calls into question the B Corp certification standards.

Less than half an inch in length, the brightly colored frogs are highly endemic and vulnerable to extinction.

A new government initiative called "Childbirth is Normal!" addresses the epidemic of caesarean births plaguing the country.